Notes on the text課文注釋
1 bring… to a conclusion，作“使……結(jié)束”講。
2 bring about，造成，導致。
3 and so on，等等，諸如此類。
4 do sometimes conspire中，do為助動詞，對謂語動詞起強調(diào)作用。
5 while on a walking tour…,
while后面省略了主謂結(jié)構(gòu)he was。在表示時間、地點、條件、讓步等的狀語從句中，從句的主語如與主句的主語相同，常省略從句的主語和謂語。
6 pour scorn on…，作“譏笑……”講。
7 point out，指出，提請注意。
8 be acquainted with，已知道。
9 needless to say，不用說，當然。
10 become of，結(jié)果如何，發(fā)生了……情況。
參考譯文
我們不再像以往那樣輕易相信別人了。在19世紀，小說家常在小說結(jié)尾處給讀者準備一系列巧合——大部分是牽強附會，極不可能的。當時的讀者卻愉快地接受這樣一些事實：一個低賤的女傭?qū)嶋H上是主人公的母親；主人公一位長期失散的兄弟，大家都以為死了，實際上一直活著，并且正在策劃暗算主人公；如此等等?，F(xiàn)代讀者會覺得這種天真的結(jié)局完全無法接受。不過，在現(xiàn)實生活中，有時確實會出現(xiàn)一些巧合。這些巧合除了19世紀小說家外誰也不會相信。
當我是個孩子的時候，我祖父給我講了一位德國出租汽車司機弗朗茲·巴斯曼如何找到了據(jù)信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。，他與妻子徒步旅行。途中，停下來與一個工人交談，接著他們繼續(xù)往前走去。巴斯曼夫人說那工人與她丈夫相貌很像，甚至猜測他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。弗朗茲對此不屑一顧，指出他兄弟已經(jīng)在戰(zhàn)爭中陣亡了。盡管巴斯曼夫人熟知這個情況，但她仍然認為自己的想法仍有百萬分之一的可能性。幾天后，她派了一個男孩去問那人是否叫漢斯·巴斯曼。不出巴斯曼夫人所料，那人的名字真是漢斯·巴斯曼，他確實是弗朗茲失散了多年的兄弟。兄弟倆團聚之時，漢斯說明了他活下來的經(jīng)過。戰(zhàn)爭即將結(jié)束時，他負傷被送進醫(yī)院，并與部隊失去聯(lián)系。醫(yī)院遭到轟炸，漢斯步行回到了西德。與此同時，他所在的部隊被擊潰，他的所有檔案材料全部毀于戰(zhàn)火。漢斯重返故里，但他的家已被炸毀，左鄰右舍誰也不知原住戶的下落。漢斯以為全家人都在空襲中遇難，于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下來，直至當日。
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 What would a modern reader find totally unacceptable in a novel today?
a．Having for a hero a man once presumed dead.
b．The happiness a hero might feel on being reunited with his mother.
c．Any character being so wicked as to plot against the hero.
d．Two brothers, each presuming the other long since dead, meeting again by chance.
2 When Mrs. Bussman suggested that the workman might be Franz's brother ______ .
a．she was told for the first time that Hans had been killed
b．Franz objected to the idea of being associated with a workman .
c．Franz was so sure his brother was dead he did not take her seriously
d．they were both too shy to ask the workman if this was so themselves
3 What did Hans Bussman do immediately after the war was over?
a．He went to hospital to have his wounds attended to.
b．He deserted his unit and walked back to his home town.
c．He inquired after his family's whereabouts but found no trace of them.
d．He settled in a village near his home, hoping his family would find him. Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 ---- his readers with a series of coincidences ______ wildly improbable. (11. 2-4)
a．mostly being
b．most of which were
c．most of them were
d．which would be most
5 A long-lost brother had not in fact died and ______ to bring about the hero's downfall. (11. 5-7)
a．wickedly plotting
b．wickedly plotted
c．been wickedly plotting
d．had been wickedly plotting
6 He stopped ______ . (11. 11-12)
a．in order to talk to a workman
b．a(chǎn) workman for a talk
c．talking to a workman
d．so that he talked to a workman
7 She sent a boy to ask the workman ______ . (1. 16)
a．what was he called
b．what he was called
c．how he was called
d．if he was called
8 Meanwhile his unit was lost and ______ had been destroyed. (11. 20-21)
a．each of his records
b．a(chǎn)ll records of him
c．a(chǎn)ll records of his
d．every record of his
Vocabulary詞匯
9 He found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years ______ . (11. 10-11)
a．a(chǎn)go
b．back
c．before hand
d．previously
10 Mrs. Bussman told her husband that he and the workman ______ … (11. 12-13)
a．had a close look
b．had the same look
c．looked very alike
d．looked the same way
11 ---- there was the ______ chance she might be right. (1. 15)
a．remotest
b．scarcest
c．greatest
d．lightest
12 ---- how it had ______ that he was still alive. (1. 18)
a．become
b．a(chǎn)rrived
c．resulted
d．come about
1 bring… to a conclusion，作“使……結(jié)束”講。
2 bring about，造成，導致。
3 and so on，等等，諸如此類。
4 do sometimes conspire中，do為助動詞，對謂語動詞起強調(diào)作用。
5 while on a walking tour…,
while后面省略了主謂結(jié)構(gòu)he was。在表示時間、地點、條件、讓步等的狀語從句中，從句的主語如與主句的主語相同，常省略從句的主語和謂語。
6 pour scorn on…，作“譏笑……”講。
7 point out，指出，提請注意。
8 be acquainted with，已知道。
9 needless to say，不用說，當然。
10 become of，結(jié)果如何，發(fā)生了……情況。
參考譯文
我們不再像以往那樣輕易相信別人了。在19世紀，小說家常在小說結(jié)尾處給讀者準備一系列巧合——大部分是牽強附會，極不可能的。當時的讀者卻愉快地接受這樣一些事實：一個低賤的女傭?qū)嶋H上是主人公的母親；主人公一位長期失散的兄弟，大家都以為死了，實際上一直活著，并且正在策劃暗算主人公；如此等等?，F(xiàn)代讀者會覺得這種天真的結(jié)局完全無法接受。不過，在現(xiàn)實生活中，有時確實會出現(xiàn)一些巧合。這些巧合除了19世紀小說家外誰也不會相信。
當我是個孩子的時候，我祖父給我講了一位德國出租汽車司機弗朗茲·巴斯曼如何找到了據(jù)信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。，他與妻子徒步旅行。途中，停下來與一個工人交談，接著他們繼續(xù)往前走去。巴斯曼夫人說那工人與她丈夫相貌很像，甚至猜測他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。弗朗茲對此不屑一顧，指出他兄弟已經(jīng)在戰(zhàn)爭中陣亡了。盡管巴斯曼夫人熟知這個情況，但她仍然認為自己的想法仍有百萬分之一的可能性。幾天后，她派了一個男孩去問那人是否叫漢斯·巴斯曼。不出巴斯曼夫人所料，那人的名字真是漢斯·巴斯曼，他確實是弗朗茲失散了多年的兄弟。兄弟倆團聚之時，漢斯說明了他活下來的經(jīng)過。戰(zhàn)爭即將結(jié)束時，他負傷被送進醫(yī)院，并與部隊失去聯(lián)系。醫(yī)院遭到轟炸，漢斯步行回到了西德。與此同時，他所在的部隊被擊潰，他的所有檔案材料全部毀于戰(zhàn)火。漢斯重返故里，但他的家已被炸毀，左鄰右舍誰也不知原住戶的下落。漢斯以為全家人都在空襲中遇難，于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下來，直至當日。
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 What would a modern reader find totally unacceptable in a novel today?
a．Having for a hero a man once presumed dead.
b．The happiness a hero might feel on being reunited with his mother.
c．Any character being so wicked as to plot against the hero.
d．Two brothers, each presuming the other long since dead, meeting again by chance.
2 When Mrs. Bussman suggested that the workman might be Franz's brother ______ .
a．she was told for the first time that Hans had been killed
b．Franz objected to the idea of being associated with a workman .
c．Franz was so sure his brother was dead he did not take her seriously
d．they were both too shy to ask the workman if this was so themselves
3 What did Hans Bussman do immediately after the war was over?
a．He went to hospital to have his wounds attended to.
b．He deserted his unit and walked back to his home town.
c．He inquired after his family's whereabouts but found no trace of them.
d．He settled in a village near his home, hoping his family would find him. Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 ---- his readers with a series of coincidences ______ wildly improbable. (11. 2-4)
a．mostly being
b．most of which were
c．most of them were
d．which would be most
5 A long-lost brother had not in fact died and ______ to bring about the hero's downfall. (11. 5-7)
a．wickedly plotting
b．wickedly plotted
c．been wickedly plotting
d．had been wickedly plotting
6 He stopped ______ . (11. 11-12)
a．in order to talk to a workman
b．a(chǎn) workman for a talk
c．talking to a workman
d．so that he talked to a workman
7 She sent a boy to ask the workman ______ . (1. 16)
a．what was he called
b．what he was called
c．how he was called
d．if he was called
8 Meanwhile his unit was lost and ______ had been destroyed. (11. 20-21)
a．each of his records
b．a(chǎn)ll records of him
c．a(chǎn)ll records of his
d．every record of his
Vocabulary詞匯
9 He found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years ______ . (11. 10-11)
a．a(chǎn)go
b．back
c．before hand
d．previously
10 Mrs. Bussman told her husband that he and the workman ______ … (11. 12-13)
a．had a close look
b．had the same look
c．looked very alike
d．looked the same way
11 ---- there was the ______ chance she might be right. (1. 15)
a．remotest
b．scarcest
c．greatest
d．lightest
12 ---- how it had ______ that he was still alive. (1. 18)
a．become
b．a(chǎn)rrived
c．resulted
d．come about